Our history
From humble beginnings in the 1980s, Hawkins has evolved and grown into the leading company for forensic root cause analysis, expert witness services and engineering consultancy to global insurance, legal and commercial sectors.
We are incredibly proud of both our heritage and our dedication to the same core principles, on which we were founded over 40 years ago. This sets our standard as we continue to expand our range of services and expertise to our clients.
1980
R B Hawkins & Associates Limited founded in Cambridge
1986
Manchester Office Opens
1988
Bristol Office Opens
2000
Hawkins becomes employee owned and the London office opens
2003
Birmingham Office Opens
2005
Leeds Office Opens
2006
Reigate Office Opens
2008
Glasgow Office Opens
2014
Dubai office opens
2016
Hawkins acquires HFS Asia and the Hong Kong and Singapore offices open
Latest News
Our Acoustics team goes from strength to strength with the addition of Senior Acoustics Consultant, Christina Higgins, who has joined our London office.
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We would like to congratulate James Wade, who has reached a significant milestone of 10 years with Hawkins. James joined Hawkins as the tenth investigator in our Reigate office in January 2014, where his first case was to investigate a defective engine valve, which was quickly followed by a bus fire.
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Hawkins recently appointed Charted Engineer Dr Hugh Martindale, as a Senior Associate in our London office.
Upcoming Events
Testing Times – Challenges Associated with Testing Power Plant Systems
Nick will discuss the challenges associated with testing and maintaining the integrity of power plant protective and back-up....
Systemic Failure in the UK Solar Fleet
Ben will look at three common types of failure in electrical equipment at UK solar power installations, and discuss whether the differences between....